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Title
KPFA: BART Opening Day; Reports on Vietnam War, 1972
Creator
Yuen, Hoh-Kun
Date Created and/or Issued
1972-09-11
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Ethnic Studies Library
Collection
California Revealed from Ethnic Studies Library, University of California, Berkeley
Rights Information
Rights are owned by UC Regents and KPFA. Pacific Radio Archives has given Institution permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Description
[Side A] KPFA General news summary. BART Opening Day report. Report on the sale of 10 Boeing 707 to China; about $150 billion dollars. Asian Information Group giving Vietnam war updates, specifically actions in Saigon and South Vietnam. Switzerland military plane politics. House Appropriate Committee passes largest military budget in history; reject of sensors for Vietnam war, vietnam war costs, tridents missile B-1 Bomber, and S3A Severe Cost Overruns. PRG released "important start" on ending the Vietnam War. Kissinger in Moscow. Mother of a POW enrolls her son in McGovern's 1 Million Club. Saigon paper of radio story of personal attacks on McG. U.S. intelligence source reports 3 Americans who fought for NLF. Washington Post report of South Korean massacre of Vietnamese villagers compare with official reports of Investigate by joint Saigon-Korean military after a Saigon leg is labor protest. Saigon government finally admitted 70 helicopters lost in an amunition damp explosion. 1,000 villagers in MyTho provanance protest U.S. B-12 bombing of villages in Delta. U.S. again bombed Dribes in North Vietnam; 50 bombs in one section. U.S. bombs destroyed a college in Hanoi. 7th airforce report on bombing of Hanoi - largest ever. General Lavelle investigation. U.S. attorney in S.F. dropped felony charges against 3 arrested in S.F. Payboard demonstrators; includes interview/report from Leo Gomez. Union protest again Kaiser Oakland Hospital firing of 10 Black women employees, to be replaced by white inexperienced college graduates. Teachers strike in Philidelphia and Rhode Island. Edwards Brown Jr. in LA to investigate Prop 22 fraud. An Israel "diplomat" shot in Brussel learned there by "informer". Munich police changed story about firing 5 shots in Olympic Village. Another charged story about Arab passangers who were detained by identity checks (up to 3 hours of interogation). Germans send 3.4 million marks to families of dead Israelis. Israel charged Munich police of making mistakes; charges of murder filed against police officials. Yemni official charged with Zionist propaganda. Libya got 3 bodies. Washington judges reject a Democrat party complain charges - M. Stans of conspiracy/Watergate. 9th circuit court judges 2-1 vote on "Banks Secrecy Act". Gainsville, Florida, race distributors continue - Police Problem. Justice and Gibson hearing opens/ San Quentin. [Side B] Harry Wong interviewed by Lawrence Wong about freedom of expression and the Asian Law Caucus filed complaints against the police. Silence until 56:06. Report about Women artists. Digitization made possible through a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council of Libraries and Information Resources.
Type
sound
Format
Master
Sound
2-track mono
1/4 inch audio tape
Identifier
BANC MSS 2005/290c Carton 226 Reel 4a
cueth_000318_a, cueth_000318_b
Language
English
Provenance
Ethnic Studies Library, University of California, Berkeley
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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